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Three people were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in the death of a 24-year-old man in Clayton County, with family members of the victim turning out to share their thoughts. Frederick Marsalia Rosenau and Lavarr Rasheed Pierce were sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing Quincy Suggs at a Jonesboro home in September 2014, according...

“I got money, that’s why I can talk.” That’s about the only thing Seattle Seahawks rookie defensive tackle Malik McDowell said to police during a Sunday arrest that is fit to print. The NFL player — who has yet to see any action after he was hurt in an ATV crash before the season started — is facing a...

From 2010 through 2016, the DeKalb County Police Department’s officers shot 25 black people but only one white person. That revelation comes from a VICE News investigation that examined data from the nation’s 50 largest police departments. VICE said it found that DeKalb police had the highest racial disparity in shootings, though some...

Two more people have been charged in connection with a shooting that killed a 20-year-old man at a Cobb County house party, police said. Adam Summers, 22, of Dallas, and James Reynal, 19, of Austell, were taken into custody Tuesday, Cobb police Sgt. Dana Pierce said in a news release. Summers and Reynal are charged with felony murder and other offenses...

After a threat of a lawsuit and a two-hour closed door meeting, the Atlanta City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance that consolidates the city’s three pension boards and gives the mayor’s office substantially more power over more than $3 billion in investments. The decision came following months of debate and protests from members...